Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-23

/ lightning has struck have been making
: bread and butter out Of puns and that sort of
/ thing, FOR 10, these many wears, and have
rung the changes ON nearly all the words in
the language. vet, when | wrote INV first
postal from Nice, | signed It Yours. Nicely
and what Is worse, 1t appeared ~ original
ohat signed all the Others the same wav.
/ We went to Nice, not 50 much becau~.
there was ANYTHING To see there, but because
rhere WAS not That is TO say, it is a winter
resort for about 5ooO0 English and New
iorkopeans from November to Nav, and
later than MAY Is nearly as deserted as "A
wednesday evening PRAYER meeting i'll Il vii.
lage church when there Is a circus open at the,
other end Of town
As we walked about the echoing streets
! breathing the fine dust Of the Riviera which
almost makes this entire region a white
washed LANDSCAPE, Dickey caught une by the
arm suddenly and stopped me
Look down there In that square" said sh.
nervously
well. y said l, Its only crowd of people
III acknowledge it's somewhat unusual, but
there Is nothing to be frightened at"
but look at their costumes said she
They are KukluH, and I'm going TO 81 ip
This isn't the hrs time I've been down south ="
"Pshaw, said |, "you make me need rest
and repose That's only funeral
II was a queer turnout, alt the same and
don't know but Dickey might be right, but |
wasn't going to show the white feather, so [
took her along to investigate As q rule fu
nerals are not funny. but that one was
There was a leader IN front fixed up as fancy
as drum ma jor on dress parade, and after.
him came several priests and bows with can
dies and crosses and other paraphernalla
We saw the boys forming in the procession
After the boys came u hundred girls in
brown gowns with white capes over
their heads, all with long lighted can
dies Then came sisters in black
and the hearse drawn by black horses in
black r7bes, surrounded by pallbearers wear.
ing shiny rubber waterproof ping hats. and.
concluding tue line, came the friends in car
riages and on foot. All the men b adj their
hats of, and th"~e along the way removed
theirs as the procession passed with solemn
tread and mournful chant II was what We
would call ia our country big funeral hut
1t l. not such a one you would be likely To
find III America
Il wonder who il is" said ! with impr,-S
slve solemnity
NfA' N1N Nthl l'ItktN, "tnI l NpllItn
be surprised if il ver, a hotel k.er..r y,h,,
broke his back irving to r.,rb for Nh, To-,
dollar nf ;b,. las, ds,.,,,,,,, ,,,,..s,
Msvh, sb ,,-.. -
- -, 'e"'' ""'i hh""' L
far in Fp,,,r,, aud F.. :,
ing his yn,r,, liz, ON, ,i..,;si,,
means f., ,,r.,y.,., ,,a,,,,, -. -
with s,,,rbi,,, -.
We fon,d N;.. ,vha. ;,s -, =, 80, Is'.
vusqs nprno,,s f,,,t ,,, -, ,i"..
il tbouyb ,bo y..,;.ar.a,,aa ND...s,y
billows on tb. La,ch and 80, ~ j., ,.I,,'
nusi,. ,o r.n,ai,, - sP''''s
.Wbs, a mac, for .;,,.,;, -;,n:
with a siyb for ,h.. ,nraii,,s - IN
Us '''O"'
-Jus, as ,,r,,,, ha. ~
sajdI '
-It may bs ,.,,,,, ,,,, - Sr,,
she With !, o,.;..v'','s -, 81, S'- sI-
hack of ,hs ,,.,cI,
From NJ. i,,, ho,,
pl. of Riv,ar. ,c.,r,, Il, a., .';..,a,.
indigenous 70 ,bs so;i: '''''''> ''''''''
A,
How msrrn, ra,, - -
Until YOU meet upop your way
The charming cav Of MarseiIi,s.
ihVu asei. bN Nlir scdsiOe laiF.
ION come 10 lovely sweet Hyer-s.
~nieh' iea'lhs oy some forc~iui plan,
W.. I'm, ZINES 70 p'eAoah' cahh"S
Won r,., 80 in - =, S.a
!. -, ~ " e'esa"' P"e"'' out
. p n p''t"'''.a'io" "a
" =, "'s'o'e Tue muse III
NJ cI We went over 10
- -, " ~ P' 'tA''S VI
..N.' iu''' i'''''e ni' 'e'' a,'"
- ue'ie" from the
ei.' y. "o'''e oain "'iNii : III
than any place | know Of but, somehow 1
have never seen its enchanting beauty prop
eriy described. l presume II Is because no
poets dream hss'ever been materialized in
print, nor painters fancy fully realized upon
canvas. IL was 2 O'Clock when We left our
hotel and went down upon the terrace, in
front Of the Casino, and the music from the
great orchestra in the kio>que fell softly upon
the sweet June night. The moon hung -qui
poised, between two seas of blue. and on the
n-the' one drew to the shore silver path
on which 1t seemed that We might walk
Across the little bay the lights of Monaco
danced III and out among tue trees and
shadows fell from castle wall and ancient
tower and far of to the east the Me,literra
nean throbled restless on the curving shores.
Behind Us rose upward toward the sky the
dark eternal background of the Alps, ard as